Bringing together companies, foundations, and women leaders to invest in a Resilient Future.
The Resilience Fund has released its new Insight Report, “Environmental impacts, worker communities & women-led solutions: Investing in resilience in corporate supply chains.” It points to a reality that must be recognize by all funders: women and women workers are disproportionately harmed by both extreme weather and emerging changes to their environments. Furthermore, women are not just disproportionately impacted by changes in the environment – they also have the knowledge, experience, and know-how that, when supported, are essential in helping communities respond and adapt to its impacts.
The Resilience Fund brings together companies, foundations, and women leaders to advance women’s health, safety, livelihoods and climate resilience as essential pillars of addressing climate risks – for resilient workers, communities and supply chains. It has invested more than $4 million in 45 grantee partners. It puts trust and resources into the hands of these women-led organizations to build resilience and determine the right solutions for their communities.
Our Approach
The Fund has charted a new course for companies and philanthropies to invest in a resilient future:
Pooled Funding
This provides a mechanism that de-risks grant making, leverages resources, and shifts power. To date, 10 corporate investors have supported the Fund, enabling new forms of engagement and resources to flow between sectors that typically lack trust. For investors and grantee organizations alike, this structure reduced financial and reputational risks.
Flexible Funding
Giving grantee organizations control over how they spend their grants has been an essential investment in building organizational strength and resilience. The Fund trusts these organization to make smart decisions about where best to direct funding for their organizations and communities.
Participatory Grantmaking & Access
The Fund’s representative Advisory Board is balanced with equal voting power among women’s funds, civil society organizations, and corporate investors. Grant decisions are guided by the knowledge and recommendations of grassroots leaders in the supply chain communities the Fund supports. Translation and accessibility support are central to all Fund activities and engagement.
Learning, Better Metrics & Dialogue
Learning is central to the Fund model. It has created unique spaces for networking, dialogue, and real-time learning among investors, company supply chain leaders, women’s funds, and grantee organizations. The Fund’s Learning Hub, Investors Group and other spaces for dialogue enable new forms of stakeholder engagement among sectors that may not otherwise collaborate. These allow partners to learn from each other, address resilience challenges jointly, and co-create new metrics of impact.
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